NLM Grant Programs Essential Theme: Biomedical Informatics

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NLM Grant ProgramsEssential Theme Biomedical
Informatics

• Research grants investigator initiated research
• Resource grants infrastructure applied
  informatics
• Training support
• Career development support
• Grants for small businesses

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Research Grants

• Biomedical Informatics Projects
• Traditional investigator-initiated research
  grants (R01)
• Experimental/developmental research grants (R21)
• Small grants for pilot study/proof of concept
  (R03)

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Using Research Grants For Education Projects

• Traditional investigator-initiated research
  grants (R01)
• Must have rigid experimental design
• Small grants for pilot study/proof of concept
  (R03)
• Must be laying foundation for an experiment
• Experimental/developmental research grants (R21)
• Supports RD hypothesis not needed

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Some R01 Educat. Projects

• Infobuttons to Improve Clinicians' Access to
  Information
• An Intelligent Virtual Microscope Tutor on the
  Internet
• PathMiner Web Telemicroscopy Intelligent
  Databases

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RD Grant For Educat. Project

• Collaborative, Simulation-Based, Surgical
  Training

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Resource Grants

• improving access to and management of
  health-related information
• Information System Grants (G08)
• Publication Grants (G13)
• Internet Access
• Integrated Advanced Information Management
  Systems
• Resource Grants (P41)

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Information System Grants For Education Projects

• Can support
• Web-based, multi-media educational projects that
  benefit professionals and/or consumers

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Examples of System GrantsFor Education

• Health Education Assets Library Services
  Enhancement
• Hepatitis B Information Education Delivery on
  the Web
• On- Line Portal for Rural Health Research and
  Education
• Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library
• Virtual Databases of Microscopic Anatomy and
  Pathology

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Components of Good Proposals

• References to the published literature,
  especially for R01
• Familiarity with other, similar work
• Responsive to the program statement or NLMs
  research interests
• Clearly-stated goals and methodology
• A work plan that fits the stated goals
• A timeline and milestones

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For more information

• http//www.nlm.nih.gov/ep
• program descriptions, links to application
  forms
• http//www.nlm.nih.gov/ep/faq.html answers many
  specific questions
• http//www.nlm.nih.gov/ep/funded.html for list of
  funded projects